Friday Night Flowers

There’s Friday Night Lights or there’s Friday Night FLOWERS! I recently was invited to the home of Tammy of Firstandbloom.com for her first ever Friday Night Flowers Workshop. Tammy’s home is on a beautiful peace of property outside of Seattle, the weather was perfect and there was even a deer visitor.

When we first arrived, we were greeted with a glass of wine while we mingled and swooned over the amazing selection of local grown flowers.

The food was delicious and catered by Mary Weber of Cooking with Mary. Her torellini salad and carmelized onion apps were amazing…we all went back for seconds!

First and Bloom has such a passion about what she does and the products and flowers she uses. Did you you know 80% of the flowers sold in the US are imported? I honestly had no idea…which leads to the statistic that since 1992, 58% of US flower farms have gone out of business due to low-priced imports!

Buying American grown flowers means you support local jobs and economy, as well as reducing our footprint on the plant by minimizing transportation practices and promoting more sustainable and environmentally sound practices.

Not sure where you can find American grown flowers/florists in your area?? Visit Slow Flowers. Slow Flowers is an award-winning online directory to help you find florists, studio designers, wedding and event planners, supermarket flower departments and flower farmers who are committed to using American grown flowers. Founder Debra Prinzing has created an amazing resource!

Bloggers gotta do what bloggers gotta do 🙂

There were so many amazing flowers to choose from, and it was so fun to see what each of us gravitated towards. I went for a subtle fall-inspired palette of dusty purple with lots of greens.

It seems a little intimidating at first, but honestly you just have to jump in and start creating. You will be amazed how your creation just blossoms!

My sweet friend Heather of Thriftynseattle was my date for the evening! Heather immediately grabbed those gorgeous blue hydrangea and created the most amazing bright arrangement that matched her blouse!

Missy Palacol of Missy Palacol Photography captured this night so perfectly, and while being the most darling pregnant photog ever!

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I'm Dawn, the creator and stylist behind Party til Dawn, a lifestyle website focused on sharing inspiration for all the things that make our lives feel a little more styled, from parties, home, recipes, fashion or just yourself. Party til Dawn has been featured in Mingle Magazine, Kara's Party Ideas and We Heart Parties to name a few. In addition to being a life and style blogger, Dawn is a wife and mom to four based in Seattle.